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Azar Majedi And Homa Arjomand’s Islamist Propaganda And Morality

Maryam Namazie ✊ Azar Majedi and Homa Arjomand’s recent criticisms of feminists, secularists and ex-Muslims under the guise of defending the Palestinian people are worrying given their use of Islamist and pro-Islamist Left propaganda.Their statement ‘Genocide in Gaza: Where does the Women’s Rights Movement stand?’ rightly condemns genocide but has not one word condemning Hamas and the

Aoife's Agony

Anthony McIntyre ☠ Last night Prime Time broadcast an interview with Carol and James Johnston, the parents of the late teen Aoife Johnston.Ms Johnston died in University Hospital Limerick a few days short of Christmas 2022 after the sepsis she was admitted with went untreated for twelve hours despite the HSA protocol for dealing with the life threatening illness recommending that

Oklahoma Represents Nearly One-Third Of Pregnancy-Related Prosecutions A Year After Roe's End

KOSU 🖉 Written by Jillian Taylor, Recommended by Christy Walsh. Oklahoma had the second-highest number of pregnancy-related prosecutions nationwide in the year after Roe. v. Wade was overturned, according to a new study by the advocacy organization Pregnancy Justice.From June 24, 2022, to June 23, 2023, there were at least 210 pregnancy-related prosecutions in the U.S. This is the

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Eighty Seven

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousDrogheda United 2-1 Derry CityLinfield V Glentoran Matchday GuideDerry City blow chance to close gap on leaders Shelbourne with

A Morning Thought @ 2293

A United Ireland 🚦 Which Flag? Which Anthem? What System of Government?

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ Over the years Sinn Fein have danced the fandango on their political position more times than I have visited Old Trafford football ground which is many. From the once often spoken “32 County Democratic Socialist Republic” which was their view to a unified island of Ireland, a position I never really took seriously as their politics did not add up to socialism, their

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Eighty Six

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousAfter Nasrallah - “Nasrallah’s death is as humiliating a setback for his movement as Nasser’s defeat in 1967 was for the Arab

Hugging Controversy

Anthony McIntyre ☠ The leader of India's right wing governing party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is no stranger to controversy.For the purposes of fear mongering Narenda Modi has seized on the far right trope about Muslims at some point overtaking the country's Hindu majority, despite the data on Muslim growth projection not supporting his assertion. Modi's

First Ever Shipment Of Arms From Gadaffi To The IRA

RTÉ 📺 Documentary On One tells the story of the first ever shipment of arms from Gadaffi to the IRA. Recommended by Henry Joy. Over the next two weekends, on podcast and on RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ Documentary On One tells the largely unknown and undocumented story of the first ever shipment of weapons from Libya to the Provisional IRA in a two part documentary titled First Consignment.I first came

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Two Hundred And Eighty Five

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousA Marxist President in Sri Lanka?The all-male club that spawned the new French governmentFrench democracy enters the Bermuda